Author: Jim Mitchell

When contemplating Business Continuity strategies, one of the foremost scenarios to consider is (and should be): what if the building is not accessible? Twenty years ago the only viable answer would have been to transfer people to an unaffected building (or to a predetermined 3rd party ‘work space’).  Ten years ago, forward thinking IT departments […]

Every organization faces risks – and some of those risks may result in disruptions or other ‘incidents’.  An effective response to an incident requires many things.  We’ve combined them into a 5-part “Incident Horizon”: Planning, Preparedness, Initial Response, Planned Response and Extended Response.  In this blog we look at the composition of one of those […]

Every organization faces risks – and some of those risks may result in disruptions or other ‘incidents’.  An effective response to an incident requires many things.  We’ve combined them into a 5-part “Incident Horizon”: Planning, Preparedness, Initial Response, Planned Response and Extended Response.  In this blog we look at the composition of one of those […]

As we’ve written about in an earlier blog, the Business Continuity industry still tends to confuse Incident Management and Crisis Management.  To stave off argument, let’s agree on this:  Incident Managers handle the response to and recovery from a disaster or business disruption.  Crisis Managers work to minimize the negative response – from customers, vendors, […]

If you’ve only held one Business Continuity job, you may not be aware that one size does not fit all.  Things can be accomplished much more quickly in smaller organizations.  The larger the organization, the more complex it, and its BCM needs, are likely to be.  Speed, culture and complexity are not the only things […]